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- Few players in the history
- of baseball had as much
- talent as Mickey Mantle.
- The New York Yankee
- center-fielder was a
- powerful switch-hitter. Before he was slowed
- by leg injuries, he was also one of the
- fastest runners in baseball.
-
- ΓÇ£The Mick" was signed by the Yankees just
- one day after his high school graduation. He
- played his first major league game when he
- was 19 years old.
-
- Mickey played 18 seasons with the Yankees.
- During that time, he hit 536 home runs
- (more than any switch-hitter in baseball
- history) and played for eight World
- Series champions. He was a 16-time